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Re: Ao No Exorcist - The "One Piece" of JUMP Square?

Honestly, I don't think it's right to call AonoE the "One Piece" of Jump SQ. I'm also unsure about the comparision (as they're really different mangas) - its popularity, perhaps? Because Blue Exprcist is in no way "unique" the way One Piece was/is. Not that it's not unique, and I'm totally in love with the manga but you get a lot of Déja vu while reading it It's like it has taken all the clichés and types and made them better, in a way?

But its popularity is most definitely thanks to the anime. Earlier it had a much smaller fandom (because few had really heard about it omfg I can only imagine what an anime of the manga called "Magi" will do to its popularity, as it's already very popular in Japan while few has heard of it internationally 8D). One Piece has been over 10 years or so, and has a steady sale of 1-3 millions per volume for some years now(IIRC), while ANE is still fairly new. My guess is that when the anime ends and the "obsession" wears of, the manga will go back to having a smaller (but ofc bigger than pre-anime) fandom.

To me, AonoE's strength is the characters and the characters' interaction with each other (which is very natural and realistic IMO). Also, it has a pretty well-known shounen-plot that many will recognize and therefore be interesting (kinda hard to explain why, but I know I am attracted to stories with a "special/mysterious" protagonist who has to fight for recognition.. for some reason). Also, it's open for a lot of discussion and theories as it has underlying stories and mysteries yet to be solved (and that's definitely a plus too ^^)

Like you've said, when you think of JUMO SQ, the "older and bigger" series usually comes to mind first (Claymore, D.Gray-man, Tu-Love-Ru etc).. But Ao no Exorcist definitely has a LOT of potential to become great and stay as popular as it is It's just that it's not really the "One Piece" of SQ yet? in my opinion

Re: Ao No Exorcist - The "One Piece" of JUMP Square?

I think it's too soon, way too soon for One Piece comparisons. I do think Ao Ex could be the new flagship title of JUMP Sq, just like One Piece is the flagship title of Shonen JUMP.

Some of the JUMP SQ titles don't appeal to everyone, but Ao Ex does.

well it's not like you could compare One Piece with any other manga out there. I mean It's freakin selling 2-3 millions per volume, no way any other series can beat this. It's the most popular manga ever in Japan.

Still I think it will be the flagship of Jump SQ, at least for now. Wouldn't surprise me if it could reach an FMA level but only time will show